孟郊: 烈女操/ meng jiao: a song of a pure-hearted girl
烈女操
孟郊
梧桐相待老， 鸳鸯会双死。
贞妇贵殉夫， 舍生亦如此。
波澜誓不起， 妾心井中水。
a song of a pure-hearted girl
meng jiao
lakka-trees ripen two by two
and mandarin-ducks die side by side.
if a true-hearted girl will love only her husband,
in a life as faithfully lived as theirs,
what troubling wave can arrive to vex
a spirit like water in a timeless well?
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